[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?

Tue Jul 12 23:52:35 CEST 2011

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> wrote:
+> andre999 skrev 12.7.2011 23:48:
+>>
+>> So we could eliminate the "tainted" repos, to facilitate putting packages
+>> in
+>> core or non-free as appropriate.
+>> There may have to be a few adjustments to show (or not) the packages
+>> tagged
+>> "tainted", but that shouldn't be difficult.
+>> Wouldn't that be easier ?
+>>
+>> (At the same time, we could choose a name that doesn't indicate that there
+>> is
+>> something intrinsically wrong with the package.)
+>>
+>
+> NO.
+>
+> The decision to have a separated repo for tainted software is not up for
+> debate... It has already been discussed and decided long ago.
+>
+> as for the question that started this thread:
+>
+> "Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?"
+>
+> It's simple, and even outlined in the mirrors_policy:
+> http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mirrors_policy
+>
+> If there is a package that otherwise matches core or nonfree repos,
+> but has a possible patent issue it ends up in tainted.
+>
+>
+> As for splitting up tainted in tainted-core/tainted-nonfree,
+> I dont think it's really worth it, and no-one really argued
+> for it when we discussed the mirror layout...
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+>
+
+i can't agree more with you thomas.
+